Suppose you have a date  2012-12-20 and today is 2012-12-18. What’s the different You can now see the ‘Time Remaining to 2012-12-18’ by implementing the following code.
/**
* @param null $fromTime
* @param null $toTime
* @param bool $is_simple
* @param array $options
* @return string
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* @license MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
*/
function TimeAfter($fromTime = null, $toTime = null,$is_simple=true, array $options=array('before'=>false,'after'=>false))
{
if(is_array($options)){
if(array_key_exists('before',$options) && !empty($options['before']))
$before=$options['before']; else $before="";
if(array_key_exists('after',$options) && !empty($options['after']))
$after=$options['after']; else $after="";
}
if (!empty($fromTime) && !empty($toTime))
{
$start_date = new DateTime($toTime);
$since_start = $start_date->diff(new DateTime($fromTime));
if($is_simple === true)
{
if($since_start->m == "0")
{
return $before.$since_start->d." days".$after;
}
return $before.$since_start->m." months ".$since_start->d." days".$after;
}
else
{
if($since_start->Y == "0")
{
return $before.$since_start->m." months ".$since_start->d." days".$after;
}
return $before.$since_start->Y." years ".$since_start->m." months ".$since_start->d." days".$after;
}
}
}Now you can use TimeAfter() with all your required arguments.
- To get PHP current date time you can use <?php echo date(‘Y-m-d’); ?>
- To compare with the previous date you can use <?php echo $YourDateValue; ?>
- To get simple format you can use the function as follows:
$remaining= TimeAfter(date('Y-m-d'),'2012-12-18',true,array('before'=>'after '))Argument List respectively:
$fromTime =Your Current Time
$toTime = Comparing Previous Date
$is_simple = default (true) [return simple format data]
$options=array(‘before’=>’Remaining ‘, ‘after’=>’ ‘);
‘before’ and ‘after’ will be placed while returning the final print.
Happy Coding!!